IP Library Granted Patent US 12,724,907
Granted Patent B2
US 12,724,907 · App. 18/687,129 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Information transmission system, information output device, and information transmission method

Inventors: Michio Oikawa (Tokyo, JP); Yoshiharu Iwata (Tokyo, JP); Hikari Nishimura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
G06F21/62G06K19/06037G16H10/60
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Patent No.
US 12,724,907
App. No.
18/687,129
Granted
Sep 1, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is possible to exchange highly confidential information between information systems of which networks are separated from each other. An information transmission system includes: an information output device that stores information to be shared, generates concealed data by compressing and concealing the information to be shared using a predetermined concealment method, and generates a two-dimensional barcode loaded with the concealed data but not loaded with concealment information indicating the concealment method; and an information input system that stores the concealment method in advance, decodes the two-dimensional barcode to acquire the concealed data, and decrypts the concealed data based on the concealment method.

Claims (49)

1 . An information transmission system comprising:

an information output device comprising a first computer that stores information to be shared, generates concealed data by compressing and concealing the information to be shared using a predetermined concealment method, and generates a two-dimensional barcode loaded with the concealed data but not loaded with concealment information indicating the concealment method; and

an information input system comprising a second computer that stores the concealment method in advance, decodes the two-dimensional barcode to acquire the concealed data, and decrypts the concealed data based on the concealment method,

wherein the concealment method is archiving accompanied by data compression using a predetermined compression method,

wherein the information output device archives the information to be shared to generate an archive file, generates the concealed data by extracting the information of the compression method included in a header of the archive file, and loads the concealed data to the two-dimensional barcode,

wherein the information input system stores information indicating the compression method in advance, the archive file is restored by adding information indicating the compression method to the concealed data, and the information to be shared is extracted from the archive file,

wherein the information output device is an information processing device connected only to a closed network of a hospital separated from the Internet,

wherein a compression method is predetermined for each hospital,

wherein the information output device archives the information to be shared with data compression using the compression method of the hospital, generates the concealed data by extracting the information of the compression method included in the header of the generated archive file, and generates a two-dimensional barcode loaded with the hospital identification information of the hospital and the concealed data, and

wherein the information input system stores a correspondence between the hospital identification information and the compression method in advance, decodes the two-dimensional barcode to acquire the hospital identification information and the concealed data, restores the archive file by adding a compression method associated with the hospital identification information to the concealed data, and extracts the information to be shared from the archive file.

2 . The information transmission system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the information output device divides the concealed data into a plurality of divided files of a predetermined size or less, and generates the two-dimensional barcode loaded with the divided file and adds a header with a number of the divided file in the concealed data for each piece of the divided files, and

the information input system decodes the plurality of two-dimensional barcodes to acquire the divided files, acquires the number from the header, and combines the plurality of divided files based on the number to generate the concealed data.

3 . The information transmission system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the information to be shared includes or is added with information on the publication date and time, and

the information input system records the information to be shared obtained from the concealed data in a database together with the publication date and time, records the newly obtained information to be shared in the database when the publication date and time of the newly obtained information to be shared is newer than the publication date and time of the information to be shared recorded in the database, and discards the newly obtained information to be shared without recording the newly obtained information to be shared in the database when the publication date and time of the newly obtained information to be shared is older than the publication date and time of the information to be shared recorded in the database.

4 . The information transmission system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the information output device prints the two-dimensional barcode on a piece of paper or displays the two-dimensional barcode on a screen, and

the information input system photographs the two-dimensional barcode on the piece of paper or the screen.

5 . The information transmission system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the information input system includes a terminal device carried by each patient and a server device connectable to the terminal device via the Internet.

6 . An information output device for transmitting information to be shared to an information input system comprising:

a database that stores information to be shared;

a first computer configured to:

generate concealed data by compressing and concealing the information to be shared using a predetermined concealment method, and

generate a two-dimensional barcode loaded with the concealed data but not loaded with the concealment information indicating the concealment method,

wherein the concealment method is archiving accompanied by data compression using a predetermined compression method,

wherein the information output device archives the information to be shared to generate an archive file, generates the concealed data by extracting the information of the compression method included in a header of the archive file, and loads the concealed data to the two-dimensional barcode,

wherein the information input system stores information indicating the compression method in advance, the archive file is restored by adding information indicating the compression method to the concealed data, and the information to be shared is extracted from the archive file,

wherein the information output device is an information processing device connected only to a closed network of a hospital separated from the Internet,

wherein a compression method is predetermined for each hospital,

wherein the information output device archives the information to be shared with data compression using the compression method of the hospital, generates the concealed data by extracting the information of the compression method included in the header of the generated archive file, and generates a two-dimensional barcode loaded with the hospital identification information of the hospital and the concealed data, and

wherein the information input system stores a correspondence between the hospital identification information and the compression method in advance, decodes the two-dimensional barcode to acquire the hospital identification information and the concealed data, restores the archive file by adding a compression method associated with the hospital identification information to the concealed data, and extracts the information to be shared from the archive file.

7 . An information transmission method for transmitting information to be shared from an information output device to an information input system, the method comprising:

by the information output device:

storing stores information to be shared;

generating concealed data by compressing and concealing the information to be shared using a predetermined concealment method; and

generating a two-dimensional barcode loaded with the concealed data but not loaded with concealment information indicating the concealment method; and

by an information input system:

storing the concealment method in advance;

decoding the two-dimensional barcode to acquire the concealed data; and

decrypting the concealed data based on the concealment method,

wherein the concealment method is archiving accompanied by data compression using a predetermined compression method,

wherein the information output device archives the information to be shared to generate an archive file, generates the concealed data by extracting the information of the compression method included in a header of the archive file, and loads the concealed data to the two-dimensional barcode,

wherein the information input system stores information indicating the compression method in advance, the archive file is restored by adding information indicating the compression method to the concealed data, and the information to be shared is extracted from the archive file,

wherein the information output device is an information processing device connected only to a closed network of a hospital separated from the Internet,

wherein a compression method is predetermined for each hospital,

wherein the information output device archives the information to be shared with data compression using the compression method of the hospital, generates the concealed data by extracting the information of the compression method included in the header of the generated archive file, and generates a two-dimensional barcode loaded with the hospital identification information of the hospital and the concealed data, and

wherein the information input system stores a correspondence between the hospital identification information and the compression method in advance, decodes the two-dimensional barcode to acquire the hospital identification information and the concealed data, restores the archive file by adding a compression method associated with the hospital identification information to the concealed data, and extracts the information to be shared from the archive file.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2024
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068078/0381 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: OIKAWA, MICHIO; IWATA, YOSHIHARU; NISHIMURA, HIKARI
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066584/0070 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-037605 · Mar 10, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250013765A1 · Jan 9, 2025
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